Item 05: M.C. Evans war diary, 16 June-8 November 1917 - Page 62

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[Page 62]

Gaza.
A man dies in good company hereabouts, fabulous adventurers from Egypt under the Ptolemies, heroes with Alexander the great , grim legionaries of Antony & Ceasar.
All fought & died before Gaza. During the Crusades 30000 Knights Templars were slain in a battle which raged for 5 days in the Valley of Gaza. While later still Napoleons army toiled along these inhospitable shores.

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